The Romanov Dynasty

Code: 023740
Zitser, Ernest
Tsarstvo Preobrazheniia
Sviashchennaia Parodiia i Tsarskaia Kharizma pri Dvore Petra Velikogo
[ Tsarstvo Preobrazheniia : Sviashchennaia Parodiia i Tsarskaia Kharizma pri Dvore Petra Velikogo ]
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 27.00

This is an innovative study of Russian court culture of the end of the 17th – the beginning of the 18th centuries. Zitser offers his keen interpretation of the carnival activities and phallic-cratical cult of personality of Peter the Great.

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Code: 008978
King, Greg
Imperatritsa Aleksandra Fedorovna
Biografiia
[ Imperatritsa Aleksandra Fedorovna : Biografiia ]
Moscow: Zakharov, 2000
Language: Russian

Price: $ 25.00

This is a biography of the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918). It deals primarily with her twenty-two last years in Russia.

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Code: 024624
Bushkovich, Pol (Bushkovitch, Paul)
Petr Velikii: Bor`ba za Vlast` (1671-1725)

[ Petr Velikii: Bor`ba za Vlast` (1671-1725) : ]
St. Petersburg: Dmitrii Bulanin, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 45.00

This work by professor of Russian history Paul Bushkovitch (Yale University) is one of the most detailed studies on the struggle for the Russian throne (1671-1725) Author`s aim is to disclose many legendary and anachronistic views of the events of that time and to create an accurate political picture of the Petrine epoch.

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Code: 025063
Empress Maria Fedorovna
Life and fate
[ Empress Maria Fedorovna : Life and fate ]
St. Petersburg: Petronivs, 2008
Language: English

Price: $ 99.00

The catalog of the exhibition " Empress Maria Fedorovna: A Life and fate". Mariia Fedorovna Romanova (1847-1928), a Dutch princess, was the wife of Alexander III (1845-1894). 457 illustrations of exhibit items.

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Code: 001103
Fedorov, V.I
Aleksandr Blagoslavennyi - Sviatoi Starets Fedor Tomskii"
Istoricheskoe Issledovanie
[ "Blessed Alexandr - St. Fedor Tomskii" : Historical study ]
Tomsk: Sibirskii Izdatel`skii Dom, 2001
Language: Russian

Price: $ 27.00

The circumstances of the sudden death of Aleksandr the First (1777-1825) in Taganrog raised considerable speculation and legends about his further life. Some have tried to prove that the Russian monarch became a monk, and adopted another name.

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Code: 001103B
Fedorov, V.I
Aleksandr Blagoslavennyi - Sviatoi Starets Fedor Tomskii"
Istoricheskoe Issledovanie
[ "Blessed Alexandr - St. Fedor Tomskii" : Historical study ]
Moscow: Amrita-Rus`, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 18.00

The circumstances of the sudden death of Aleksandr the First (1777-1825) in Taganrog raised a great deal of speculation and prompted legends about his further life. Some have tried to prove that the Russian monarch became a monk, and adopted another name.

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Code: 027089
Shilov, D.N
Russkii Nekropol" Velikogo Kniazia Nikolaia Mikhailovicha
Istoriia Sozdaniia, Neopublikovannye Materialy
[ "The Russian necropolis" of Grand Duke Nikolas Mikhailovich : History of its creation, unpublished materials ]
Moscow: Staraia Basmannaia, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 30.00

This book is about the history of the publication of the series of documentary studies initiated and sponsored by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich. These publications cover the main historical cemeteries of pre-revolutionary Russia: Moscow necropolis (3 volumes, 1907-1908); St.

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Code: 009825
Trekhsotletie Doma Romanovykh: 1613-1913
Istoricheskie Ocherki
[ 300th anniversary of the Romonov dynasty: 1613-1913 : Historical essays ]
: Sovremennik, 1991
Language: Russian

Price: $ 23.00

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Code: 009461
Zaichkin, I.A. and Pochkaev, I.N
Russkaia Istoriia ot Ekateriny Velikoi do Aleksandra II

[ A History of Russia from Catherine the Great to Alexander II : ]
Moscow: Mysl`, 1994
Language: Russian

Price: $ 21.00

This book covers the period of Russian history from 1762 to the middle of the 19th century. It is intended for a wide audience, but primarily for students stuyding Russian History. Includes bibliographic references and name index.

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Code: 006073
Venchanie s Rossiei
Perepiska Velikogo Kniazia Aleksandra Nikolaevicha s Imperatorom Nikolaem I . 1837 God
[ A Wedding with Russia : Correspondence of the Grand Duke Aleksandr Nikolaevich with Emperor Nicolas the First ]
Moscow: Izd-vo Moskovskogo Universiteta, 1999
Language: Russian

Price: $ 12.00

This is the correspondence between nineteen-year-old Grand Duke Aleksandr Nikolaevich, the future Aleksander the Second, with his father, Nicolas the First. The letters were written during his travel in Russia in 1837.

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Code: 025149
Otrekshiisia ot Prestola
Zhizn’ i Liubov’ Mikhaila Romanova
[ Abdicated from the throne : Life and love of Mikhail Romanov ]
: ENAS, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 24.00

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Code: 007972
Votsarenie Romanovykh. XVII v

[ Accession of Romanovs: The 17th century : ]
Moscow: Olma Media Grupp, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 25.00

This collective work studies the history of the Romanov family before they ascended to the Russian throne and the first century of their rule. The first Romanov was elected to the Russian throne in 1613.

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Code: 025614
Khrustalev, Vladimir
Alapaevsk: Zhertvy i Palachi

[ Alapaevsk: Victims and executioners : ]
Moscow: Dostoinstvo, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 9.00

This book studies the assassination of eighteen members of the Romanov family in 1918, particularly the death of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna and other princes of the imperial family.

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Code: 007616-CD
Arkhangel`skii, Aleksandr
Aleksandr I

[ Aleksandr I : ]
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 15.00

This audio book is about Alexander the First (1801-1825), one of the most controversial Russian Tsars. He was involved in his father`s assassination; started unsuccessful reforms; but won the war over Napoleon; founded the Lyceum of Tsarskoe Selo which gave to Russian culture not only Pushkin, but also many others who became the glory of the country; and founded the Union of European countries.

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Code: 010689
Sakharov, A.N
Aleksandr I

[ Aleksandr I : ]
Moscow: Nauka, 1998
Language: Russian

Price: $ 15.00

This is an academic biography of one of the most complex Russian monarchs, Alexandr I (1777-1825), the eldest son of the unpopular Pavel I and the dearly cherished grandson of Catherine the Great. Alexander was implicated in the assassination of his father (1801).

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Code: 007616B
Arkhangel`skii, A
Aleksandr I

[ Aleksandr I : ]
Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 2005
Language: Russian

Price: $ 33.00

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Code: 026772
Mel`gunov, S.P
Aleksandr I. Sfinks na Trone

[ Aleksandr I. Sphinx on the throne : ]
Moscow: Veche, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 23.00

This book is a collection of articles about Alexander I, his views, and the circle of statesmen around him. Sergei Mel`gunov (1879-1956), a historian by education, a regular contributor to the liberal newspaper Russkie Vedomosti in 1900-1916, a founder and co-editor of the historical journal Golos Minuvshego was arrested several times, and sentenced to death in 1920, but was exiled in 1922.

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Code: 029225
Aleksandr I: Pro et Contra
Lichnost` i Deianiia Aleksandra I v Otsenkakh Rossiiskikh Issledovatelei: Antologiia
[ Aleksandr I: Pro et Contra. : Personality and acts of Aleksandr I in views of Russian scholars: Anthology ]
Moscow: RKhGA, 2012
Language: Russian

Price: $ 59.00

This is a collection of memoirs and articles about Aleksandr the First (1801-1825), one of the most controversial Russian Tsars. He was involved in his father`s assassination, started unsuccessful reforms, but won the war over Napoleon; founded the Lyceum of Tsarskoe Selo which gave to Russian culture not only Pushkin, but also many others who became the glory of the country; and founded the Union of European countries.

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Code: 021529
Iakovlev, Aleksandr
Aleksandr II
Roman-Khronika
[ Aleksandr II : Novel-chronicle ]
Moscow: Terra, 2007
Language: Russian

Price: $ 24.00

This book is about Aleksandr II (1818-1881) as a statesman and personality, and about the positive changes he brought into Russian life. The biography is written on the background of the social and political life of that period.

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Code: 030136
Aleksandr II. Tragediia Reformatora
Liudi v Sud`bakh Reform, Reformy v Sud`bakh Liudei
[ Aleksandr II. Tragedy of a reformer : People in the fate of reforms, reforms in the fate of people ]
: Evropeiskii un-t v Sankt-Peterburge, 2012
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

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Code: 011313
Radzinskii, Edvard
Aleksandr II: Zhizn` i Smert`
Dokumental`nyi Roman
[ Aleksandr II: Life and death : Documentary novel ]
Moscow: AST Moskva, 2007
Language: Russian

Price: $ 31.00

This a life story of Tsar Alexander the Second (1818-1881). Edvard Radzinskii, a popular Russian writer, is the author of many bestselling biographies.

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Code: 028559
Maiorova, E.I
Aleksandr III - Bogatyr` na Russkom Trone

[ Aleksandr III - Hero on the Russian throne : ]
Moscow: Veche, 2012
Language: Russian

Price: $ 21.00

Aleksandr the Third, nicknamed “the Peace-maker” (1845-1894, reign 1881-1894), the penultimate Emperor of the Romanov dynasty is represented in this book as a prominent statesman gifted with a profound sense of duty and a real energetic love for Russia.

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Code: 029890
Aleksandr III: Pro et Contra
Lichnost` i Deianiia Imperatora Aleksandra III v Otsenkakh Otechestvennykh Myslitelei i Issledovatelei: Antologiia
[ Aleksandr III: Pro et Contra : The personality and acts of Emperor Aleksandr III in the estimation of native thinkers and researchers: Anthology ]
St. Petersburg: TsSO, 2013
Language: Russian

Price: $ 57.00

The next volume in the series The Russian Way contains criticism and memoirs about Aleksandr III, known as the “Peacemaker” (1845-1894, reign 1881-1894.) The anthology is the most comprehensive repository of excerpts from diaries, memoirs, letters, executive acts, and analytical articles about him.

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Code: 014097
Tal`berg, N.D
Aleksandr I: Ocherki Istorii Imperatorskoi Rossii

[ Aleksandr the First: Studies in the history of Imperial Russia : ]
Moscow: Sretenskii Monastyr`, 2001
Language: Russian

Price: $ 7.50

Nikolai Tal’berg (1886-1967), a prominent official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, emigrated from Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, and became a well known historian of the Russian Church. He wrote essays on the Russian Emperors and Empresses from Catherine II to Nicholas II.

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Code: 029072
Shirokorad, A.B
Aleksei Mikhailovich

[ Aleksei Mikhailovich : ]
Moscow: Kafedra, 2011
Language: Russian

Price: $ 35.00

This book is about the reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich (1645-1676), the second Romanov Tsar. His was the longest and possibly the most important reign in the history of 17th century Russia. Though he was nicknamed Tishaishii (The most quiet), it is surprising how many things he managed to accomplish, and how many events happened during this period: wars, joining the Ukraine and capturing Siberia, the rebellion of Stepan Razin, the Church reform (1654-55) and dissent, etc.

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Code: 002754
Aleksei Mikhailovich

[ Aleksei Mikhailovich : ]
: Molodaia Gvardiia, 2003
Language: Russian

Price: $ 36.00

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Code: 018489
Varlamov, Aleksei
Aleksei Tolstoi

[ Aleksei Tolstoi : ]
Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia, 2006
Language: Russian

Price: $ 35.00

This is a biography Aleksei Tolstoi (1882-1945), the "red count", the author of "Khozhdenie po Mukam", "Buratino", “Petr I”, etc. His life is a novel itself. Poet-symbolist, writer-realist, antisoviet author and Bolshevik are various aspects of his personality.

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Code: 018489B
Varlamov, Aleksei
Aleksei Tolstoi: Biografiia

[ Aleksei Tolstoi: Biography : ]
Moscow: Eksmo, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 35.00

This is a biography of Aleksei Tolstoi (1882-1945), the "red count", the author of "Khozhdenie po Mukam", "Buratino", “Petr I”, etc. His life is a novel in itself. Poet-symbolist, writer-realist, anti-soviet author and Bolshevik are various aspects of his personality.

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Code: 025595
Karrer d`Ankoss, E. (Carrere d`Encausse, Helene)
Aleksandr II
Vesna Rossii
[ Alexander II : Spring of Russia ]
Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 36.00

This is one more book by the Secretary of the French Academy, a specialist in Russia, on the history of Russia and the USSR. The book analyzes the contradiction of Alexander II`s reign: revival of the international status of Russia and unprecedented liberal state reforms did not stop but rather increased the wave of terror against the Russian throne.

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Code: 013067
Aleksandr I, ili Severnyi Sfinks

[ Alexander the First, or the Northern Sphinx : ]
: Molodaia Gvardiia, 1997
Language: Russian

Price: $ 22.00

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